Whitey Herzog famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I'm not buddy-buddy with the players. If they need a buddy, let them buy a dog.
-- Whitey Herzog

#Sports #Dog #Player
Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it.
-- Whitey Herzog

#Baseball #Play #Trying
Some people asked me if I would be interested in managing the A's. I said a definite no thank you. At night, that place is a graveyard with lights.
-- Whitey Herzog

#Thank You #Night #Light
One time in spring training, we had the hit-and-run on, and Carl Erskine threw me a curve and I struck out into a double play. I came back to the bench and Casey [Stengel] said, 'next time, tra-la-la.' I didn't know what tra-la-la meant, but next time up, I hit a line drive, right into a double play. When I sat down, Casey came over and said, 'Like I told you, tra-la-la.'
-- Whitey Herzog

#Running #Spring #Play
We need three kinds of pitching: left-handed, right-handed and relief.
-- Whitey Herzog

#Needs #Pitching #Relief
A slick way to outfigure a person is to get him figuring you figure he's figuring you're figuring he'll figure you aren't really figuring what you want him to figure you figure.
-- Whitey Herzog

#Way #Want #Slick
You sweat out the free agent thing in November, then you make the trades in December. Then you struggle to sign the guys left in January, and in February I get down to sewing all the new numbers on the uniforms.
-- Whitey Herzog

#Struggle #Sweat #Numbers
If you don't have outstanding relief pitching, you might as well piss on the fire and call the dogs.
-- Whitey Herzog

#Dog #Fire #Relief
For being book smart, I thought he (A. Barlett Giamatti) had a lot of street smarts, which is tough to find sometimes.
-- Whitey Herzog

#Smart #Book #Tough
The way we have been playing, I might tell my players not to cross the picket line (umpire strike of 1979).
-- Whitey Herzog

#Player #Umpires #Lines
What counts aren't the number of double plays, but the ones you should have had and missed.
-- Whitey Herzog

#Play #Numbers #Double Standard
If I managed the Cubs, I'd be an alcoholic.
-- Whitey Herzog

#Cubs #Alcoholics
The only thing bad about winning the pennant is that you have to manage the All-Star Game the next year. I'd rather go fishing for three years.
-- Whitey Herzog

#Stars #Winning #Years
I'd rather go fishing for three years.
-- Whitey Herzog

#Fishing #Years #Three
We need just two players to be a contender. Babe Ruth and Sandy Koufax.
-- Whitey Herzog

#Baseball #Player #Two
The rules are changed now, there's not any way to build a team today. It's just how much money you want to spend. You could be the world champions and somebody else makes a key acquisition or two and you're through.
-- Whitey Herzog

#Team #Two #Keys

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